Centerprise International bags place on NHS Framework

VAR gets slice of multimillion-pound framework offering 'one-stop shop' for IT

Centerprise International is celebrating after cementing its place on the new NHS Shared Business Services Framework.

The Link: Solutions IT framework is a multimillion-pound procurement framework for NHS bodies, as well as other public sector organisations, serving as a one-stop IT shop, with a single Lot covering cloud services, networking, virtualisation and managed services.

Centerprise is one of 15 companies accepted on the framework, and it claimed it was awarded the second-highest proposal scoring of all those accepted.

The framework has been orchestrated by Shared Business Services, a joint venture between the Department of Health and Sopra Steria to offer best practice and help the NHS save money.

This latest framework will run alongside the current Link:IT, which Centerprise claims will allow it to capitalise on its move into managed services, and provide a full product offering to NHS organisations.

Jeremy Nash, sales director at Centerprise International, said: "This is another significant framework win for Centerprise. The NHS SBS framework offers NHS, and wider public sector, bodies a flexible and effective means to procure relevant services from a range of trusted suppliers. We are looking forward to working with NHS SBS and the Trusts to make this framework a success."